What are the latest cleaning and hygiene technologies in the healthcare sector? Ann Laffeaty looks at steam cleaning, ultrasonic tanks, silver ion systems plus some innovative ideas for the future such as patient tracking technology and 'intelligent' hand washing systems.

The healthcare sector is coming under increasing pressure to reduce HCAI

Over four million patients are estimated to acquire a healthcare-associated infection in the EU each year. Much of the blame for increases has been targeted at 'dirty' hospitals. Here, Paul Weaving, lead nurse infection prevention and control at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in the UK, writes about the perceived links between cleanliness